Nuclear Zero After Crimea
George Perkovich | National Interest
Today, five years after Prague, the idea of seeking to eliminate all nuclear weapons has nearly evaporated from international politics. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine inflames memories of the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968. Russia’s bullying leaders cling to nuclear weapons as badges of great power and bulwarks against Western and Chinese coercion.
BJP Puts No-First-Use Nuclear Policy in Doubt
Times of India
The Bharatiya Janata Party, widely tipped to form the next government, pledged on Monday to revise India's nuclear doctrine, whose central principle is that New Delhi would not be first to use atomic weapons in a conflict.
Nuclear Safety Problems at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Facility?
Nick Hansen | 38 North
Recent commercial satellite imagery indicates that North Korea may have experienced problems ensuring an adequate water supply essential for the operation of reactor cooling systems at the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center.
Senators Press for Sanctions Threat Over Iran's Oil Sales
Diane Barnes | Global Security Newswire
U.S. Senate advocates of Iran sanctions urged President Obama to re-instate punitive steps against Iran if it sells more oil than a November deal allows.
Zarif: Much Difference Still Exists between Iran, G5+1
Fars News Agency
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran and the Group 5+1 have still many differences whose climax will be witnessed when the two sides start drafting the final deal.
MOX Sales Could Require Subsidy
Mary Orndorff Troyan | Greenville News
If the United States completes the South Carolina MOX plant, the federal government will subsidize the sale of the fuel to American utility companies, a top Energy Department official said.